Before Islam we had the message of Jesus (PBUH) to people and he had the Gospel (Injeel) from God. His message was the same as Muhammed PBUH actually, I mean the same basics of monotheism and it had its own laws and rules. Now after Jesus PBUH was sent up to God, people started to deviate by changing in the Gospel (Injeel) bible and through time they lost the right way, then God sent Muhammed PBUH to go back again to the right path.
Islam as the last message from God started 1400 years ago in Makkah. The prophet PBUH was 40 years old at that time and he used to go to cave on a mountain in Makkah to think of the universe and who created it, till the Angel Gabriel was sent by God to him with the first revelation of Islam.
Now we Muslims are ordered to obey God's rules which are mentioned in the Quran and explained by the prophet PBUH in his ahadeeth " his says and actions" because he acts upon what God orders him to, and all laws he order us to follow are from God and not his own laws.
A Muslim believes in the following 6 articles of Faith:
■First belief■ (Shahada)
Becoming a Muslim is a simple and easy process. All that a person has to do is to say a sentence called the Testimony of Faith (Shahada), which is pronounced as:
I testify “La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasoolu Allah.”
These Arabic words mean, “There is no true god (deity) but God (Allah), and Muhammad is the Messenger (Prophet) of God.” Once a person says the Testimony of Faith (Shahada) with conviction and understanding its meaning, then he/she has become a Muslim. “There is no true deity but God,” means that none has the right to be worshipped but God alone, and that God has neither partner nor son. The second part means that Muhammad was a true Prophet sent by God to humankind.
■Second belief■ (Angels)
is to believe in angels, creatures made of light and were created to obey God only and they follow His orders with no disobedience such as Angel Gabriel, and Mekael. Some of them have missions like Gabriel PBUH which is sending the revelation of God to his messengers.
■Third Belief■ (divine books)
to believe in all original divine books sent by God to his messengers such as the Torah, bible, scriptures, gospel and the noble Quran.
■Fourth belief■ (all messengers and prophets)
to believe in all messengers and prophets that God sent as Moses, Jesus, Noah, Jacob, Josef and ending with Muhammed PBUH. And we are ordered to believe in their miracles, and books.We Love them , respect them and never differ between any of them.
■Fifth belief■ (the day of judgement)
to believe in the day of judgement and that we will be back to our lord to be judged for our deeds; good and bad.
And the last main belief:
■Sixth belief■ (destiny)
to believe in destiny; good and bad and that it's decided by God for a wisdom we know and we might not no, If good then we thank God for it and if it's bad, then we accept it with patience and full submission to Him. And these are the 6 main beliefs we have.
We have 5 pillars which you can consider them as an implementation for the beliefs.Pillars mean basics that Islam can't be fulfilled without them, They are five:
●First pillar● (Shahadah)
1- the testimony of faith which means to bear witness that there is no God but Allah and to bear witness that Muhammed is his messenger. And the new reverts to Islam, say it in Arabic it's essential then English or according to their language.
●Second pillar● (performing Praying)
2- performing salah ( praying)
We pray 5 times a day in specific times and that to keep having a spiritual connection with God and help us to have better attitudes and life.it's obligatory when reaching the puberty but kids usually learn how to since they are small to get used to it.
●Third pillar● (obligatory charity)
3-giving Zakah ( obligatory charity)
Zakah means to give a part of our money to the poor and needy which helps to have a Stronger Islamic community and better bonds with each other. It has some conditions and only the ones who can afford it will pay it and it's once yearly (2.5%) of the money which is considered very little but makes a great difference to the needy.
●Fourth pillar ●(fasting Ramadan)
4- fasting in the holy month of Ramadan.
Which means to abstain from food, drinks, and intercourse for married people from the dawn till sunset. And the importance of it is to learn how to control our selves and restrain them which give us patience and more faith in God, besides remembering the poor and needy people and how do they suffer so it will encourages People to pay charities and take care of them.
●Fifth pillar● (pilgrimage)
5- Hajj - pilgrimage -
And this is the last pillar. It means to visit Makkah in a specific time to do certain acts of worship as prophet Abraham and Muhammed Peace Be Upon Them did. It's a spiritual journey which helps purifying all sins and gave a new white record as a new born baby.
It's obligatory for once in life, and for the ones who can afford it and have the ability to do it only. {we call them the pillars and they are simple actually not as some people think. The 6 beliefs and the 5 pillars are the basics of our religion only}.
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